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Kanakanui Hotel - by Sam Alama & Tom Pahu
He wahine Kanaka Inu i ka `awa kâhi`ôhi`ô Sure kêlâ Kanakanui Hotel He wahine Kepanî Inu i ka sake too muchee daikon Sure kêlâ Yamashiro Hotel He wahine Pâkê `Ai i ka licee too muchee saimin Sure kêlâ Ah Leong Hotel He wahine Haole Inu i ka oke to muchee honihoni Sure kêlâ Royal Hawaiian Hotel Ha`ina `ia mai ana ka puana Inu i ka pia sâhi`ohi`o Sure kêlâ Kanakanui Hotel	Hawaiian women Drink awa and get drunk Surely At Kanakanui Hotel Japanese women Drink sake and eat too much pickled turnip Surely At Yamashiro Hotel Chinese women Eat rice and too much saimin Surely At Ah Leong Hotel Haole women Drink okolehao and kiss too much Surely At Royal Hawaiian Hotel Tell the refrain Drink beer and stagger Surely At Kanakanui Hotel
Source Noble’s Hawaiian Hulas Copyright 1929, 57 Miller Music Corp Female ethnic humor, a part of Hawaiian culture and music, is presented in pidgin English.